CANADA: Brewery Ban

On the desk of Maryland's Governor Theodore
McKeldin last week lay a state paper that could have explosive effects
on economic relations between the U.S. and Canada. The paper is senate
bill 38, passed recently by the general assembly, to bar any
foreign-owned brewery from operating in Maryland. The measure is aimed
squarely at the Canadian-owned Carling Brewing Co. Inc., and needs only
Governor McKeldin's signature to become law.

Six Maryland breweries lobbied the bill through both houses soon after
Carling announced plans to build a $12 million brewery near Halethorpe.
Md. Carling officials were more irritated than worried by...